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hyacinths

hyacinths is the plural of hyacinth.

Meaning of hyacinth

Noun

hyacinth (plural hyacinths)

  1. Any bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, native to the Mediterranean and South Africa.
    • On life's long round by chance I found / A dell impearled with dew, / Where hyacinths, gushing from the ground, / Lent to the earth heaven's native hue / Of holy blue.1889, Mathilde Blind, “[Love in Exile. Song X.] ‘On Life’s Long Round’.”, in The Ascent of Man, London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, stanza 1, page 177
  2. A variety of zircon, ranging in color from brown, orange, reddish-brown and yellow; a jacinth.

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What is hyacinths the plural of?
Hyacinths is the plural of hyacinth.

Words near hyacinths in the dictionary

  1. Hyacinthes
  2. Hyacinthia
  3. hyacinthian
  4. hyacinthine
  5. hyacinthlike
  6. hyacinths
  7. hyacinths of Peru
  8. Hyacinthus
  9. Hyades
  10. hyaena
  11. hyaenae

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